Derby Academics for Academic Freedom (@derbyuniafaf) 's Twitter Profile
Derby Academics for Academic Freedom

@derbyuniafaf

This is the AFAF branch at the University of Derby. Academic Freedom - no ifs, no buts.

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linkhttps://www.afaf.org.uk calendar_today03-05-2022 17:53:32

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Academy of Ideas (@acadofideas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎫 Tickets are now on sale for #BATTLEFEST 2025! 💂🏻 18-19 Oct, Westminster, 100+ debates 📢 Speaker announcements coming soon

🎫 Tickets are now on sale for #BATTLEFEST 2025! 
💂🏻 18-19 Oct, Westminster, 100+ debates 
📢 Speaker announcements coming soon
Academics For Academic Freedom (@afaf_freespeech) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last chance to defend free speech and say “NO” to any definition of so-called ‘Islamophobia’. The consultation is about to close. AFAF has responded. Nick Timothy MP has provided some guidance. Use your own words. Student Academics For Academic Freedom The Free Speech Union Together nicktimothy.com/help-me-to-def…

Claire Fox (@fox_claire) 's Twitter Profile Photo

PLEASE FILL IN TODAY. Have your say on whether we need an official DEFINITION OF ISLAMOPHOBIA. I emphasised threat to free speech & how divisive it would be. Up to you how you reply but please participate, to counter attempts at keeping secret. Doesn't take long; can be anonymous

Prof Jo Phoenix (@jophoenix1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This somehow passed me by yesterday. I would like to pause for a second and explain why this is truly appalling - please see thread below:

spiked (@spikedonline) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sussex University’s honorary degree for Eddie Izzard exposes the misogyny of trans. This is the university where Kathleen Stock was cancelled for saying men aren’t women, and yet now a bloke in comedy boobs is celebrated. It’s gross, says Brendan O’Neill buff.ly/Cz94qzE

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Supporting an LGB Alliance WRN Derbyshire & Staffordshire event in Belper today. LGB alliance have been banned from the ‘inclusive’ @PrideInBelper next week. They were a lively presence on King’s Street and had a great response from Belperians.

Supporting an <a href="/AllianceLGB/">LGB Alliance</a> <a href="/WRNDerbyshire/">WRN Derbyshire & Staffordshire</a> event in Belper today. LGB alliance have been banned from the ‘inclusive’ <a href="/prideinbelper/">@PrideInBelper</a> next week. They were a lively presence on King’s Street and had a great response from Belperians.
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‘We are ruled by people who see censorship as all that stands between civilisation and barbarism.’ Excellent overview of the sorry state of free speech in the UK by Tom Slater spiked Academy of Ideas Student Academics For Academic Freedom The Free Speech Union spiked-online.com/2025/07/29/how…

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Homophobia, misogyny & exclusion marks Pride parade organised by @PrideinBelper in 2025 Not content with banning Lesbians, Gays & Bisexuals from participating, organisers were happy to parade hate speech toward LGB Alliance through the streets of Belper x.com/WRNDerbyshire/…

Homophobia, misogyny &amp; exclusion marks Pride parade organised by @PrideinBelper in 2025

Not content with banning Lesbians, Gays &amp; Bisexuals from participating, organisers were happy to parade hate speech toward <a href="/AllianceLGB/">LGB Alliance</a> through the streets of Belper

x.com/WRNDerbyshire/…
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On 1 August 2025 elements of the HEFOSA came into force. All English universities must now show that they protect free speech. AFAF is mentioned by GB News became of our case work and our Banned List. Dennis Hayes Student Academics For Academic Freedom spiked The Free Speech Union gbnews.com/news/free-spee…

Exonerated barrister Jon Holbrook (@jonholb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Teacher sacked after criticising ‘two-tier justice’ in Lucy Connolly Case. “the teacher was sacked at the behest of the NEU. [Unions now] side with management & actively try to get workers sacked” ⁦- Toby Young⁩ Simon Pearson is fighting back. dailysceptic.org/2025/08/03/tea…

Canterbury & Kent Academics For Academic Freedom (@cakafaf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Edinburgh Book Festival - yet another example of free speech being out of favour in the arts. Books on the key issues by Scottish authors avoided for the worst, woke motives. thetimes.com/article/06a52b…

Edinburgh Book Festival - yet another example of free speech being out of favour in the arts. Books on the key issues by Scottish authors avoided for the worst, woke motives.  thetimes.com/article/06a52b…
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Perhaps we should extend the Banned List to cover Sixth Form and FE? Simon Pearson, teacher at Preston college, was sacked after describing Lucy Connolly's prison sentence as two-tier policing. Student Academics For Academic Freedom The Free Speech Union Academy of Ideas dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…